It baffles me that you're still allowed to give handwritten prescriptions in CYA USA. Our prescriptions have to be send electronically, or at the very least, be printed. Although it's a hassle, I think it's a good requirement considering my awful handwriting :)
- q6hrs: is that a 9? - 100.4: Fahrenheit, Celsius, or Kelvin? - PRN: I don't know what it means (I'm Dutch), but if it's 'if necessary', you should be explicit about the maximum amount. (Even though 'every 6 hrs' implies a maximum of 4x/24hrs...)
I truly enjoy the blog by the way; please give me more orthochick :)
I'm British, so not 100% up on your drug names, but my understanding is that Tylenol is a brand name for a range of paracetamol/acetaminophen-based analgesics, so could be something to do with just the brand not being specific enough...
Celsius or Fahrenheit?
ReplyDeleteIt baffles me that you're still allowed to give handwritten prescriptions in CYA USA. Our prescriptions have to be send electronically, or at the very least, be printed. Although it's a hassle, I think it's a good requirement considering my awful handwriting :)
ReplyDelete- q6hrs: is that a 9?
- 100.4: Fahrenheit, Celsius, or Kelvin?
- PRN: I don't know what it means (I'm Dutch), but if it's 'if necessary', you should be explicit about the maximum amount. (Even though 'every 6 hrs' implies a maximum of 4x/24hrs...)
I truly enjoy the blog by the way; please give me more orthochick :)
No units on temperature, no max dose per day.
ReplyDeleteI'm British, so not 100% up on your drug names, but my understanding is that Tylenol is a brand name for a range of paracetamol/acetaminophen-based analgesics, so could be something to do with just the brand not being specific enough...
They want you to write out "every 6 hours"? The facility I transcribe for has us expand that whenever dictated.
ReplyDeleteYou need to write out "greater than."
ReplyDeletei also think it's the > sign - need to write it out as 'over' or 'greater than'.
DeleteNon medical professional here : I'm going with is that temp 100.4 or 100.9?
ReplyDeleteTylenol only comes in 325 mg or 500 mg forms
ReplyDeleteThink you're right - Tylenol only comes in 325mg and Acetaminophen comes in 325mg, 5000mg, or 650mg
Delete*500 (not 5000)
Deleteyeah, but if you take 2 of the 325s, you get 650...
DeleteWouldn't you have to write it as 325mg 2 tablets?
DeleteFor once the handwriting is legible?
ReplyDeleteI agree with my fellow Anon, saying you need to write out 'greater than.' It doesn't look like a 7, but I've seen plenty of them that do.
ReplyDeleteHandwriting too legible?
ReplyDeleteDidn't specify tablet vs liquid...
ReplyDelete">" is an unacceptable abbreviation and has led to numerous medication errors. "Greater Then" and "Less Than" should always be written out.
ReplyDeleteYour handwriting is readable, but this is not the norm in healthcare.
ReplyDeleteThis is another good reason for EMR and practitioner order entry
they didn't write for generic acetaminophen?
ReplyDeleteA few of you got it right. The problem was the >.
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